Yonca Dervişoğlu

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Born
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
CitizenshipTurkey
Education
  • BA in Business Administration
  • MA in International Business
Alma mater
  • Istanbul University
  • Ohio State University
OccupationBusinesswoman
EmployerGoogle’
TitleVice President of Marketing, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Children2
Parent(s)
  • Dr Ahmet Dervişoğlu (father)

Yonca Dervisoglu is a Turkish businesswoman[1] based in London and Google’s Vice President of Marketing, Europe, Middle East and Africa[2]. She holds a number of board positions and previously worked for Unilever and Yahoo![3]. She has been a driving force behind Grow with Google, an initiative which has trained more than ten million people to date across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in digital skills[4]. She also co-founded Google Arts & Culture[5].

Career

Dervisoglu started her career at Kale Group in Turkey, where she worked for a year, after they provided a scholarship for her Master’s Degree. She worked for Unilever for nine years before joining Yahoo![6]. In 2006, she was recruited to Google by Lorraine Twohill, where she is currently Vice President of Marketing, Europe, Middle East and Africa[7]. She is the Executive Sponsor for Google Zeitgeist in EMEA [8][9]. In 2009, Dervisoglu co-founded the Google Cultural Institute, what later became Google Arts & Culture, with Amit Sood[10], who leads the initiative. With Matt Brittin, she is also a co founder of Grow with Google[11], an initiative which has trained more than 14 million people to date across EMEA and 70 million worldwide in digital skills[12].

Boards

Dervisoglu sits on the Natural History Museum’s Digital Advisory Board and the Board of AccelerateHer, of the Founders Forum. She previously held board roles at Heineken[13] and Tech City UK, and from 2013-2015 she was on the committee of The Prince’s Trust Women’s Leadership Group[14]. She is a Fellow and former board member of the Marketing Society and a global leadership council member of the Brookings Institution.

Personal life

Dervisoglu was born in Istanbul[15][16], and lived in San Francisco for part of her childhood while her father, Prof Dr Ahmet Dervişoğlu, worked as a professor at University of California, Berkeley[17]. She has a BA in Business Administration from Istanbul University and a MA in International Business from Ohio State University[18]. Dervisoglu calls London home: she has lived there for 22 years and now resides there with her two daughters[19]. She is an art enthusiast, a member of the Innovation Circle of the Serpentine Galleries[20], claims to be an expert on red apples and has a closet of Burning Man attire[21].

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References

  1. ↑ "Turkish at the top of Google: Yonca Dervişoğlu Brunini". CNN Turkey. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2020 – via CNN.
  2. ↑ "This Is the Most Googled Word in Syria". Fortune. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "The year search became personal". BBC. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "We believe in Turkey's potential as Google". Demirören News Agency. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Welcoming Yonca Dervisoglu: CMO for Google". Emanuel School. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Yahoo! appoints European chief". Marketing Week. 17 April 2003. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Girl Guides: Google's VP of marketing, EMEA, Yonca Brunini on why brands must adopt revolutionary thinking". The Drum. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Yonca Brunini". 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2020 – via Google.
  9. ↑ "Asian Women of Achievement: the full shortlist". Markets Insider. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020 – via The Independent.
  10. ↑ "Asian Women of Achievement: the full shortlist". Markets Insider. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020 – via The Independent.
  11. ↑ "Welcoming Yonca Dervisoglu: CMO for Google". Emanuel School. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Free tools and training to help with economic recovery in Europe, the Middle East and Africa". 2020-07-01. Retrieved 19 August 2020 – via Google.
  13. ↑ "Heineken N.V. announces changes to the composition of its Supervisory Board". Markets Insider. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "Girl Guides: Google's VP of marketing, EMEA, Yonca Brunini on why brands must adopt revolutionary thinking". The Drum. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Turkish at the top of Google: Yonca Dervişoğlu Brunini". CNN Turkey. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2020 – via CNN.
  16. ↑ "Celebrating businesses giving back this Ramadan". 23 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2020 – via Google.
  17. ↑ {{cite book |last1=Cüceloğlu |first1=Dogan |title=The mind of DERVİŞ: Conversations with Prof. Ahmet Dervişoğl|date=2016 |publisher=Remzi Kitabevi |location=Istanbul, Turkey |isbn=978-975-14-1721-3
  18. ↑ "Yonca Dervisoglu". Retrieved 18 August 2020 – via LinkedIn.
  19. ↑ "Yonca Dervisoglu". Inspiring Fifty. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  20. ↑ "Join the Serpentine community of supporters". Serpentine Galleries. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  21. ↑ "Yonca Dervisoglu". Inspiring Fifty. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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